Necktie crease removing insert



' 1951 G. AlTTO ETAL NECKTIE GREASE REMOVING INSERT Filed July 24, 1947rll INVENTORS @Aifla BY Jar 3' -2 A'T TORNH Patented Nov. 27, 1951UNITED srarss rarest @FFICE.

I 2,576,273 NEGKTIE caress REMOVING iNsnn'r George Aitto and-.VesaJarvi, New York, N. Y. ep iaaaoaruiy 24, 1947, Serial No. 763,320

. 1 Glairn.

This invention relates to necktie accessories, and aims to provide anovel, useful, and practi cal article adapted to be inserted into anecktie when the latter is not being. worn, to stretch thetie laterallyand hence cause the creasesinthe tie to fiatten out and disappear whileit is hanging.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a normally flatmember having a nose and two legs extending therefrom at a small acuteangle to each other so that the outer edges of the legs conformsubstantially to the two side edges of the necktie, the legs possessinga degree of resiliency so that they may be flexed by hand toward eachother while inserting the member into the necktie and so that when thelegs are released they will flex outward against the side edges of thetie and thereby tend to stretch the tie laterally and thus flatten outthe creases in the tie.

The above as well as additional and more detailed objects will becomeapparent in the following description, wherein characters of referencerefer to like-numbered parts in the accompanying drawing. It is to benoted that the drawing is intended for the purpose of illustration only,and that it is neither desired nor intended to limit the invention toany or all of the specific details of construction shown, exceptinginsofar as they may be deemed essential to the invention.

Referring briefly to the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the necktie insert per se, as it appears whenlaid flat on a table.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the necktie insert, but in addition showingthe same inserted into a necktie, the latter being shown with partsbroken away and partly in section.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line -t of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modified form of the necktie insert, inflexed condition ready to be inserted into a tie.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a lower end view of the necktie insert shown in Fig. 5.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral I0 indicates one form ofthe necktie insert, which comprises the two divergent legs I! joinedtogether at the rounded nose l2, the whole being of unitary constructionand made of any suitable material. Among other possible materials, aplastic such as for example, Lucite, may be used,

possess a degree of resiliency.

itis providedthrough the nose 2 at the. Junetion of the legs ii, toenhance the flexibility of the legs about the nose.

At the lower extremities of the legs ii, oppositely curved extensions isare provided to serve as finger grips so that these extremities may bebrought together to insert the member it into a necktie 15. The commontype of necktie has a general outline such as shown in Fig. 3, that is,widens from the top to the bottom, and the back, not shown, is open.

In use, the two grips M are squeezed together to reduce the distancebetween the legs I I so that the member may be easily slid into thenecktie i5 into that portion of the tie which is most subject tocreasing occasioned by tying the tie into a knot. The grips M are thenreleased, permitting the legs 3! to spread against the side edges of thenecktie and thereby to tauten the material of the tie. The device isleft in the necktie when it is hung up, and after a number of hours,when the device is removed, the creases in the necktie will havedisappeared. In humid weather the creases would vanish in less time thanin dry weather.

In the form shown in Fig. 5, the member l6, which is basically similarto the member ill, has the legs H, which extend from the nose !8,substantially wider throughout a portion of their length, as shown atl9. Similar finger grips 2B are provided at the extremities of the legs.Fig. 5 shows this form of the insert with the grips squeezed togetherand the wider portions IQ of the legs overlapping. When this form isinserted into the necktie as before described, and the grips 2t arereleased, in the extended positions of the legs ll the two inner edgesof the leg portions 19 will just about lie together in a common plane,thus providing a practically solid flat surface under the front wall,not shown, of the necktie. In this condition the necktie may be readilyironed without danger of ironing creases into the tie, since the devicehas flattened out the creases.

Obviously, modifications in form and structure may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

We claim:

An article adapted for use in a necktie or like article having anopening in one end thereof giving access to a pocket extendinglongitudinally between the front and back walls of the necktie andhaving a tapering conformation in a direction toward the intermediateportion of the neck- A circular cut-out.

tie from said end, comprising a normally substantially flat unitarymember having a nose and two divergent legs extending from the nose atan acute angle to each other, said legs thereby possessing a degree ofresiliency and when unrestrained being normally spread by saidresiliency to spaced-apart co-planar positions with respect to eachother, the outer edges of said legs being straight edges and lyingnormally at a greater angle to each other than the angle between the twoside edges of the tapering necktie, said legs having wing-like innerextensions of identical length integral therewith and extending towardeach other, said extensions extending longitudinally of said legs fromthe lower ends of the legs, shoulders formed between the upperextremities of said extensions and the inner edges of said legs betweensaid extensions and said nose, hence when said legs are squeezedtogether said extensions being adapted to mutually overlap, the inneredges of said extensions being straight edges normally lying at such anacute angle with respect to each other that when said legs are squeezedtogether and said device is inserted into said opening to occupy saidpocket 4 and said legs are then released said resiliency will cause saidlegs to spread to bring said outer edges of said legs against the sideedges of said pocket and said extensions will separate from each otherand lie in a common plane with said inner edges of said extensionsmutually juxtaposed.

GEORGE AITTO. VESA JARVI.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,601,391 Holmquist Sept. 28,1926 1,693,205 McGrath Nov. 27, 1928 1,744,819 White Jan. 28, 19301,858,309 Schwarz May 1'7, 1932 2,162,826 Ries June 20, 1939 FOREIGNPATENTS Number Country Date Germany Nov. 13, 1933

